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I've visited the old place several times and where I was born and lived has gone! I was born at no.1 West Terrace in 1950, then moved across the road to Gladstone house on Station Road. My dad, Reg Wright, had a ...Read more

A memory of Hesleden in 1950 by Wendy Wilson

My father's brother Hugh Lewis from Portdinorwic, North Wales, was a shoe buyer at Kennard's (11 - 13 North End) until the early 1930s. Are there any photos of the store from around that time, I wonder? I presume the area has been ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1930 by Gareth Lewis

I love this photo - those old cars ! I don't remember the old building with the wooden balconies. It must have disappeared between 1955 and the first half of the 1960s. Monday has always been market day in Epping. Years ago ...Read more

A memory of Epping

Hi, Does anyone have any pictures of the old iron bridge that crossed South Beach Road? It was next to the house that is adjacent to the roundabout near what is now Tesco. If ...Read more

A memory of Hunstanton in 1965 by Martin Bennett

Anne, did you know that the Sisters of Charity of Our Lady of Mercy also had an orphanage in Preston - St Joseph's - which would appear to have been even worse than St Clare's?  And there's an exceedingly boring book about this ...Read more

A memory of Pantasaph by Mary Rutley

I was a pupil here 1951 to 1959.Has anyone got any photos, info, shared memories?

A memory of Slough by Tim Lewin

I spent most of my childhood in Barkingside and I lived above Pithers Bakeries from 1960 (when I was born) until approx 1973, we moved to Fairlop Road when Sainsburys was built. I do remember fondly Marments the toy ...Read more

A memory of Barkingside by Stephen Thomas

I lived in Midhurst Hill, off Townley Road, a couple of years after this photo was taken, quite scarey to see how old fashioned it looks now. I used to buy my catapault elastic in Jennings. I went to Upton Road ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath by Richard Blowers

I was born in Bradford 1947 and grew up at Redcar Road. I remember Glovers the newsagents on the corner of this photo and across the road in New Line just down from the Roebuck pub my mum took me on the bus ...Read more

A memory of Greengates in 1947 by Allan Fawcett

The next turning on the right is Willow Crescent (I think it's a cul-de-sac now) if that's how you spell it. Yep, this is where I grew up, we had 1 bus, the 81 Dam Lane. If I remember right it used to turn up every hour (with no ...Read more

A memory of Padgate in 1955 by Kevin Sears